Cover for ironing-boards.



R. D. MURRAY.

COVER FOR IRONING BOARDS.

APPLICATION FILED nac. I2. 19u.

l,28'7,59'7. Patented Dee. 10, 1918.

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COVER FOR IBONING-BOARDS.

- Specicationof Letters Patent.

. Patented-Dee. 1o, 191s.

Appneatien med December 12, .1917. serial No. 205,844.y

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ROSE D. MURRAY, citizen yof the United States,vrresiding at Seattle, in the county of'King .and State of Washington,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Covers forIronwhich the following is a speciication.

My* invention relates to removable covers for ironing boards, andtheobject of my invention is toprovide an ironin board cover which shallinclude two separa le portions one of which portions comprises a-pad ofsoft yielding materialformed to adapt it to extend throughout the lengthand breadth of the top' surface of an ironing board and provided with,means for'releasably fastening it in its Operative position' on saidironing board, and the other of which portions-consists in a jacket o ftough'smooth textile fabric formed to adapt it to be disposed toin'close the edge, portions of said ironing boardand the top surfaceofthe associated pad' in such manner as will compress thesoft yieldingmaterial of said pad the form of a flat evensurface that cannot berutlied by the act of ironing on said ironing board; l t,

I accomplish this object by devices in the accompanying drawings,`wherein- Figure 1 1s a view in side elevation of an 'ironing board coverembodying my invention as :.it will appear when disposedon an to befastened thereto;

of Fig. 1; of the same in elevation of its rounded end portion;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a detail ofv the same; and

Fig. 5 is a plan view of another detail of the same.

Referring to the drawings, throughout which like reference numeralsdesignate like parts, 6 is a common form of ironing board which 1s shownin cross-section 1n Disposed on Fig. 2 and indicated `by dotted lines inFig. 1. y A the top surface of the iron-- 7 'at oppositie points thereofrespectively are tapeelike strings 9,10, 11, 12, 13 and '14 Whose fulllengths. are not indicated in the drawing, but whose lengths aresufiicient to adapt opposite ones of them to hek tightly drawn togetherbeneath the ironing board 6 and-there tied in a knot thus to fasten\saidpad 7 on the'ironing board 6.

'Attached to the end edgeportion of the wider end of the pad 7 is a loop15-of tape which 1s of a length to adapt it to extend beneath the endportion of the ironing board 6 to a point registering with the strings 9and 10 so that one or bothofsaid strings 9 and 10 may be passed throughsaid loop 15 before said strings 9 and 10 are tied together thus tocause loop 15 to prevent the pad 7 v 'l from movingv toward the oppositeend of the ironingboard in response to `the operation Vof Ironlngclothes thereon, a movement' of inthe opposite direction being said pad7 prevented by tying the strings 13 and 14 at tapered narrow endpor-tion of said ironing board 6.

Thus the pad 7'may be secured against .endwise and sidewise movements onthe ironing board 6 while its top surface may be ruffled and uneven.`

In order to smooth andiatten the top sur'-l face of the pad 7 and tobind its soft yielding material morel firmly to the surface of theironing board I have provided a jacket 16 made of tough,'smooth textilefabric and of-a form corresponding in contourto the contour-oftheironing-board 6 but of larger area, whiclifjacket 16 isthus adapted toin- `close thetop surface ofthe pad 7 and all the v edge portions y 1 nAttached to the-hemmed side edges of the ofthe ironing board 6.

-'jacket 16 at opposite points thereof. are a yplurality of tape strings17 and 18, 19 and 20,

ingboard 6 is a pad 7 of soft yielding ma' terial, as cotton batting.disposed between' two pieces of cotton cloth, which pad 7 in shape ofoutline and in dimensions is like the top surface of the ironing board6.

As shown more clearly in Fig. 4, attached to both of the sideedgevportions'of the pad hem-27between th 21 and 22, and'24, 25 and 26,asshownin Fig. 5, which strings are to be of sufficient length to adaptthem to be tied together` beneath the ironing board 6. l

of the rounded end of The edge portion' the jacket 16iS vfolded overtoform a widepuckering string28.. y

`Attached. to the edge lportion of the wider end of the jacket 16 isaloop of, tape 29.

' The jacket 16 is symmetrically. disposed on the top of the pad 7 sothat all of its edge portions extend downwardly lower than the bottom ofthe ironing board 6 and thereupon one or both of the strings 17 and 18are pro# folds of which extends a aof- . tightly tied, then the jectedthrough the loop 29 and said strings 17 and 18 are then pulled togetherand opposite end portions of the puckering string 28 are drawn togetherWith force beneath the ironing board 6 and there tied, thus coactingWith the loop 29 to stretch the cloth of the jacket 16 in anendwisedirection, andl thereupon the strings 19 and 20, 21 and 22, 23and 2l and 25 and 26 are respectively drawn together with force and tiedbeneath the ironing board 6, thus to stretch the cloth of the jacket 16in side- Wise directions and cause it to compress, Hatten and confinethe material of the pad 7, and to present a smooth fiat surface uponWhich'clothes may be ironed in an obvious manner.

Obviouslythe shape of the outline of the pad 7 and the jacket 16 may bechanged to correspond to ironing boards of different shapes', and thenumber of binding strings that are attached to the edge portions of thepad 7 and the jacket 16 may be changed Without vdeparting from thespirit of my invention. l

What I claim is:

1. A cover for an ironing board including a covering membersubstantially conboard and havforming to the form of the edge of one ending a loop attached to the thereof, a plurality of oppositely arrangedlaterally extending binding strings attached to the side edge portionsof said covering member, one pair of said binding strings being adaptedto extend through said loop and then be fastened under the board at oneend to prevent longitudinal movement of the covering member onedirection,

and means at the other end portion of said coveringmember to preventlongitudinal movement 0f the covering member relative t0 rection.

through said loop relative to the board inv the boardin the opposite di-.1917

extend through said loop and then be fastened under the board at one endto prevent longi- ,tudinal movement of the covering member relative tothe board in one direction, and means at the other end portion of saidcovering member to prevent longitudinal movement of the covering memberrelative to the -board in the opposite direction, said means including aWide hem formed on Said other end of the covering member and having a-puckering string extending through the folds thereof.

3. A cover for an ironing board having a reduced end portion, includinga covering member substantially conforming to the form of the 'board andhaving a loop attached to the edge of the wider end thereof, and aplurality of oppositely arranged vlaterally eX- tending binding stringsattached to the side edge portions 0f said covering .rnember,one pair ofsaid binding strings being adapted to be fastened under the board at thereduced end thereof to prevent longitudinal movement of the coveringmember relative to the board in one direction, and another pair of xsaid binding strings being adapted to extend at the Wider end of theboard and then be fastened under th'e latter to prevent longitudinalmovement of ,the covering member relative to the board in the oppositedirection.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 6th day ofDecember .Af D.;

Ross D. MURRAY.

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